Road to the CIC Hearing Aid
Part II – XP Peritympanic Impact Leading to the CIC Hearing Aid This post is a continuation of a blog from a couple of weeks ago describing the road to the development of the CIC (completely-in-the-canal) hearing aid. What started as an effort to reduce the occlusion effect for ITC (in-the-canal) style hearing aids, led…
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From “Going Deep” to the CIC (completely-in-canal) Hearing Aid Hearing aids are available in a wide variety of sizes, configurations, and styles. Styles include BTE (behind-the-ear), RIC/RITE (receiver-in-canal/receiver-in-the-ear), thin tube, ITE (in-the-ear), ITC (in-the-canal), CIC (completely-in-canal), IIE (invisible-in-ear), and other variations. While all seem to have their place in the fitting process, it is…
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